Box-fastener.



TENDER. BOX FASTENER.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4,1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ROBERT C. BENDER, OF ST. LOUIS MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '10, 1908.

Application filed Ma a, 1908. Serial No. 450,812.

Be it known that I, Bonner O. BENDER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St.--Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Fasteners, of'which the following is a specifica tion containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

, My invention relates generally to box fasteners, and more particularly to the means employed for connecting the lid or cover to the body of an oyster carrier, or the like;

and the object of my invention is to provide panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of an oyster cartaching means, as contemplated by my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the upper portion of the carrier, and showing the latch between the cover and the body of the carrier; Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. his an elevation of the hinge which unites the rear side of the cover and the body'of the carrier.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings;--1' designates the body of the carrier, which is usually in the form of a keg or barrel, in which the oyster cans or containers are positioned, and said body being provided with a series of hoops 2. Fitted onto the upper end of the body 1 is a reinforcing ring3, which is of inverted L- shape in cross section, with the vertical flange fitted against the inner face-of the top of the body 1; and said reinforcing ring being fixed to the body 1 by pins or screws, or in any suitable manner.

The cover 4 for the carrier is constructed of'a pair of disks of wood or analogous material, the lower one of which is somewhat smaller in diameter than the upper one in order to fit snugly within the ring 3; and arranged on the underside of the edge of the upper disk is a packing ring 5, of felt, or analogous material, which, when the cover iszarranged on top of the body 1, bears on top-ofthe ring 8.

Fixed to the rear side of the body 1, ad-

jacent the top edge thereof, is a bracket 6,

to-which'i's pivotally connected the lower end of a link 7, and the upper end of this link is pivotally connectedto a lug 8 formed integral with a plate9, which is rigidly connected, by'means of bolts 10, to the cover 4;

and said plate being provided on its outer edge with a depending flange 11, which fits over the edge of the top disk of the cover 4.

Fixed to the front side of 'the body 1, adjacent the top thereof, is a plate 12, with which is formed integral an outwardly projecting lug or hook- 13.

Fixed on top of they cover 4, directly opposite the plate 9, is'a plate 141, with the front side of which isformed integral a depending fiange 15, which bears upon the edge of the 'upper'disk of the cover 4:; and formed integral with this flange. 15 is an outwardly projecting lug 16, to which is pivotally connected the upper end of a hanger 17 and pivotally mountedon a pin 18 passing horizontally through the bifurcated lower end ofthis hanger is a block 19, the top of which is adapted to fit beneath the lug or hook l3; and formed integral with said block 19 isa depending finger 20, and this fii'iger and block 19 forma latching member or lever which engages the hook 13 to hold the cover closed. The block 19 is eccen trically arranged on the pin 18 in order that when the finger 20 is swung against the side of-the body I, or into a locked position, the top of the block will engage the hook in such a manner as to firmly remain in its locked positionuntil the finger 20 is engaged and swung upward.

hen the cover is closed and it is desired to latch the same, the hanger 17 is swung downward over the hook 13, with the block 19 and the finger 20 of the latch member in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. and when the parts are so positioned, the finger 20 is moved downward into position against the body 1, which action brings the eccentric portion of the block 19 to bear against the under side of the hook 13; and, as a result, the cover is held tightly against the top of the body 1, and the packing ring is compressed so as to form a tight joint between the body and cover.

A fastener of my improved construction is simple, inexpensive, and easily manipu- Plated, is particularly applicable for oyster carriers and the like, and very firmly holds the cover in aclosed position on top of the body of the carrier.

I claim A box fastener, comprising a plate adapted to be attached to the cover of the box, a bifurcated hanger pivotally gonnected to the edge of'the cover, a hook fixed on the body of the-box and adapted to engage through the hanger, a latching member pivotally mounted inthe lower end'of the bifurmember.

cated hanger and adapted to engage beneath the hook, and an eccentric head formed integral with the upper end of saidlatching 1 In testimony whereof, I have signed my' name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing wltnesses. I

I ROBERTO. BEN ER.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, E. L. WALLACE. 

